Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Do not let evil defeat you (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Romans 12:9-21, Jeremiah 15:15-21
September 3, 2017
Do not let evil defeat you.
Do you believe in a personal devil? I don’t know. I don’t know if I do or not, but I most definitely do not believe in anything like the caricatured devil of fable and popular culture, you know, some kind of hideous, sneering, leering red demon with horns and a trident.… Continue reading ...
The marks of a great nation (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Jeremiah 31:7-14
January 4, 2015
Sing with joy for Israel, the greatest of the nations …
Do you have a problem with that? Do you have a problem with calling Israel the greatest of the nations? Does it seem to you … presumptuous? Chauvinistic? Prideful? Does this claim by a Hebrew prophet about his own nation make you uncomfortable?… Continue reading ...
He is coming (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Jeremiah 33:14-16
November 29, 2015
Once upon a time …
That’s how all the good stories begin! Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived …
… a dragon, a big bad wolf, a jealous queen, a wicked step-mother,
… a pale-skinned princess, a boy made of wood, a homely duckling, a girl with a red cape,
… a woodsman with a axe, a puppeteer, a jester playing a flute, an old man spinning straw, a fairy godmother with a wand, a half-dozen or so dwarves with pickaxes and shovels,
… and you! … Continue reading ...
Amazed and astonished (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Jeremiah 2:4-13
August 28, 2016
I am amazed and astonished.
I am amazed by the vista from atop Blue Hill: islands and bays, dense forest and hills and mountains stretching to the horizon in every direction.
I am amazed by the rhythm of the tides in Penobscot Bay, the level of ocean changing by ten or eleven feet or more in the space of six hours.… Continue reading ...
Clay (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Jeremiah 18:1-11
September 4, 2016
Imagine a young woman there on the floor at the front of the church. She is sitting on a short stool behind a small table. On the table is set a broad wheel that she spins by means of a foot pedal. She places a mound of wet grey clay onto the middle of the wheel and she begins working the clay with her hands: stretching, shaping, smoothing, sculpting.… Continue reading ...